Transit millage

The Ann Arbor Area Transportation Authority has rolled out its first service upgrades funded by the new transit millage. On most routes service hours are extended, but Ypsilanti and Ypsilanti Township have an entirely new route.

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89.1 WEMU's Andrew Cluley reports on his ride on the Ann Arbor Area Transportation Authority's new route linking Ypsilanti and Ypsilanti Township.

The campaign to win approval of a 0.7 mil transit issue in Ypsilanti, Ypsilanti Township and Ann Arbor has picked up a couple of key endorsements.

University of Michigan Hospitals and Health Centers Executive Vice President of Medical Affairs Dr. Ora Pescovitz has endorsed the ballot issue, as has Saint Joseph Mercy Ann Arbor and Livingston Hospitals President and CEO Rob Casalou.

Pescovitz says she believes many University of Michigan medical center staff, visitors and patients would benefit from the expanded service the millage is designed to pay for.

The Presidents of the University of Michigan, Eastern Michigan University and Washtenaw Community College have thrown their support behind a transit millage that'll be decided by voters in Ann Arbor, Ypsilanti and Ypsilanti Township next month.

About 150 people packed the downtown Ann Arbor Library’s multi-purpose room to find out more about the proposed point-seven mill transit tax last night. Supporters of the Ann Arbor Area Transportation Authority millage appeared to outnumber critics at the League of Women Voters forum.

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WEMU's Andrew Cluley reports on the League of Women Voters community forum on the proposed Ann Arbor Area Transportation Authority millage.